superancient

English

Alternative forms

• super ancient
• super-ancient

Etymology

From super- +‎ ancient.

Adjective

superancient (comparative more superancient, superlative most superancient)

1. (rare) Exceedingly ancient.
   • 2003, M. G. Harris, The Joshua Files: Zero Moment‎, Walker, →ISBN, page 28:

     Those four books contain the inscriptions that Itzamna found in a superancient ruin near the Mayan city of Izapa.

   • 2016, Robert Ellwood, Harry Partin, Religious and Spiritual Groups in Modern America‎, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 28:

     He mentioned an arcane superancient scripture preserved in central Asia.

   • 2017, Matthew Reilly, The Four Legendary Kingdoms‎, Gallery Books, →ISBN, page 132:

     "My postulation," Mae said, "is that our gods of old---from Zeus to Poseidon, to Anubis and Isis---were all royal benificiaries of the superancient civilization that built the Machine.

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